I love pizza. My family loves pizza. Needless to say, we have it weekly. We used to have Taco Sunday, but lately, it’s been Pizza Sunday. So easy and delicious, we often make this Sheet Pan Pizza. It is the best homemade pizza we’ve ever made or had! Guess what? This meal is ready in a little over 30 minutes – even faster than delivery.

So why am I just now sharing this with you? Well, I’m not sure, and I apologize for waiting so long. Seriously, I do. But now I feel inspired to share it with you after having some amazingly scrumptious pizza aboard the Panama Canal Cruise with Princess Cruises. Their pizza was the bomb! Thin, crispy, and just the right amount of cheese. Did I mention I love cheese too?

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If you have been following me on social media or have seen my post for Nutella Donuts, then you’re already aware I just returned from a dream cruise with Princess Cruises. While I can’t wait to share more about the trip in future posts (don’t worry those are coming next), the first couple of things I want to share was food… I mean, come on, I’m a foodie at heart.

Here are a few things you can expect about the food on ALL Princess Cruises. You have the International Café {coffee, hot drink and pastry lovers will live here}, Burger and Hot Dog Grill, Soft Serve {ice cream} on Deck and Horizon Court Buffet, traditional dining room, specialty restaurants {the number of these available vary per ship} and the classic Pizzeria. The pizza was awarded “Best Pizza at Sea” from USA TODAY, and I couldn’t agree more. This Neapolitan-style pizza is hand-tossed and freshly baked right there on deck. They are stocked with all your traditional favorites, from Margherita and pepperoni to the daily specials. I can’t say how many times we ate this, but I know we can’t count them on one hand.

The one thing I can say about dining aboard Princess Cruises is you will never go hungry. I didn’t want to overeat or overindulge on this trip, which was hard to do, but I did great for breakfast and lunch, eating a light salad around noon. But come mid-afternoon, I was all about the soft-serve.

With that said, the must-do foodie experience is the Chef’s Tasting. The Chef’s Tasting includes a behind-the-scenes galley tour with champagne and hors d’oeuvres, followed by an extravagant multi-course dinner created and hosted by the executive chef on that ship! Each ship is unique in what it serves, and each meal is different because this is the one meal the chef gets to create what he wants. The rest of the menus are set for the whole season, so the Chef’s Tasting is where the chef gets to play and make anything his foodie heart desires. Each Chef’s Table experience for me has been amazingly scrumptious.

Let me share just a few pictures of this extraordinary meal. There were 9 appetizers and check out the in between palate cleaner.

So while the destination of the Panama Canal Cruise made this trip a dream, the food made it even more enjoyable. Today, I finally share this SHEET PAN PIZZA with you inspired by a trip I will always remember. Enjoy friends. XOXO San

In a medium mixing bowl add flour, olive oil and stir in the creamy yeast mixture.

Stir until it starts to come together, then knead until smooth.

Let rest for 5 minutes or you can immediately roll out, I do both. Just easier to roll out if you let it sit for 5 minutes.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll into a round. Transfer dough to a sheet pan or baker's peel dusted with cornmeal. Place crust in oven and bake for 10 minutes. Spread sauce and desired toppings on the dough and place back in the oven and bake another 15 minutes or until cheese has melted and the crust is a nice golden brown.

Very, very, very good pizza dough and I have made many doughs. Most doughs require at least a 24 hour fermentation process but this one only takes an hour (because I made it in my bread maker on the dough cycle) and it was ready to go in an instant. I added some garlic to the dough because I love a garlicky pizza and it came out beautiful. I’m going to pin this one on my need to make again board for safe keeping. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

I’ve always been intimidated by professionals who can toss pizza dough in the air and make a gorgeous crust. But with this recipe I was confident that I could make the dough fit into a sheet pan. DELICIOUS! Thanks Sandra for the background story and information.

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[…] If you have been following A Dash of Sanity on social media or even here on the blog, you already know that last month returned from a 10-day Panama Canal Cruise with Princess Cruises. I’ve already shared details and inspirations in some posts giving you some insight to some amazing food and shared with you details of two of the first ports that we stopped at. Here are those posts if you are interested in checking them out: PANAMA CANAL CRUISE PORTS: ARUBA & CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA | NUTELLA DONUT RECIPE | SHEET PAN PIZZA. […]